Cornell University Lab of Ornithology
Celebrate Urban Birds (CUB) reaches out to underserved urban and rural communities to promote interest in birds, science, the arts, neighborhood greening, and habitat creation. Developed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, CUB has worked with over 9,000 community organizations around the country since 2007.
CUB administers a mini-grant program to help fund CUB project and event costs. The average award for a mini-grant is between $100 and $750 dollars. Each CUB project will incorporate community involvement, the arts, greening, birds, and citizen science in the form of a short 10 minute field observation and data collection for the CUB 16 focal bird species.
This program is intended for use in publicly accessible spaces. In the past, projects have restored and enhanced small wetland areas, sponsored bird activity days, and built bird-related art. The project possibilities are endless as long as birds, the arts, greening/habitat creation, and citizen science are incorporated. Partners in the CUB project can be schools, local businesses, churches, senior centers, parks and nature centers, community organizations, home school groups, etc.
Getting Started:
- For more information on how to apply and for annual grant deadlines, visit the Celebrate Urban Birds mini-grants application page.
